In mid-January, low lying clouds brought a dusting of snow, and then a light rain. As the clouds began to lift, patches of sunlight could be seen breaking through the clouds and moving across the mountains.

John Betjeman’s poem ‘Greek Orthodox’ was first published in London Magazine, New Series, October/November 1971 (volume 11, number 4). It was later included in A Nip in the Air (London: John Murray, 1974).

To the Reverend T P Symonds

What did I see when first I went to Greece? Shades of the Sixth across […]